Two Powerful Anglican Leaders in Town Amid High Tension
By Lillian Kwon
Christian Post Reporter
Thu, Sep. 20 2007

Nigerian Archbishop Peter Akinola, a fierce critic of The Episcopal Church, has been invited by conservative Anglican congregations in the United States to celebrate with them the Holy Eucharist this week.

Sunday at Edman Chapel at Wheaton College, responding to an invitation by congregations in Illinois that are affiliated with the Anglican Mission in the Americas (AMiA) - a splinter group of conservative Anglicans and offshoot of the Anglican Church of Rwanda.

The visit comes as a surprise to the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago, the Rt. Rev. William Persell, who said that Akinola did not contact him about his coming.

"Amidst the highly charged political rhetoric in our nation and around the world concerning events of the Anglican Communion, I want you to know that the Diocese of Chicago has no connection with the visit of Archbishop Akinola," said Persell in a letter to Chicago's diocesan clergy last week. the rest

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